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ID: 7004538
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7004538

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Armenia (historical region)  Armenia (historical region)

Coordinates:
Lat: 39 57 14 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 39.9542  decimal degrees
Long: 044 33 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 44.5501  decimal degrees

Note: Mountainous area in western Asia in modern Iran, Turkey and Armenia (formerly USSR); home to Vannic peoples by 2nd millenium BCE; later was ruled successively by Assyrians, Medes, Armenians, Media, Persians, Alexander, Rome, Byzantium and Ottomans.

Names:
Armenia (preferred,C,O,English-P,U,N)
Armenia (Spanish,U)
Armenia (Italian,U)
Hayasdan (C,V)
Hayq (C,V)
Arménie (C,O,French)
Ուրարտու (C,V,Assyrian Neo-Aramaic,U)
māt Urarṭu (C,V)
Armenien (C,U,German)
Ἀρμενία (C,U,Ancient Greek)
Armina (H,O)  ............ Old Persian
Greater Armenia (H,V)
Minni (H,O)  ............ Biblical
Urartu (H,O)  ............ Assyrian name for region
Van (H,O)  ............ name of kingdom of ca. 1270-850 BC, coextensive with area

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Armenia (historical region)  ........  Armenia (historical region) (P,H)

Additional Parents:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Roman Empire (former nation/state/empire)  ....  Roman Empire (former nation/state/empire) (P,H)
Hierarchy of Armenia (historical region)  ........  Armenia (historical region) (P,H) Roman province 114-117 CE; also controlled by Rome intermittently before and after these dates

Place Types:
historical region (preferred, C)
nation (H)  ............  area has been united as a nation intermittently several times from the 2nd millenium BCE to the 20th century
province (H)  ............  of the Roman Empire, 114-117 CE
first level subdivision (H)
former administrative division (C)

Related geographic places:
distinguished from ....  Urartu .......... (former nation/state/empire)
..................................  (World, Asia) [7593986]
historical connection ....  Ani .......... (deserted settlement)
........................................  (World, Asia, Turkey, Kars) [7002350]

Sources and Contributors:
Ուրարտու..........  [VP]
.................  Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
Ἀρμενία..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 8410797
Armenia..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 8410797
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 77
Arménie..........  [BHA, VP]
.................  BHA, Authority file (1973-)
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 8410797
Armenien..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 8410797
Armina..........  [VP]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 49
Greater Armenia..........  [VP]
.............................  Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Hayasdan..........  [VP]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 49
Hayq..........  [VP]
...........  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 49
Minni..........  [VP]
..............  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 49
māt Urarṭu..........  [VP]
.......................  Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
Urartu..........  [VP]
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 77
Van..........  [VP]
...........  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 49
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  BHA, Authority file (1973-)
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 49
..................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 8410797
..................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 77
..................  Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Armenia
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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